List of Tulane Green Wave in the NFL draft

The Tulane Green Wave football team, representing Tulane University, has had 138 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936. ^{[1] [A 1]} This includes four players taken in the first round, and one overall number one pick, Tommy Mason in 1961. ^[4]

Each NFL franchise seeks to add new players through the annual NFL Draft. The draft rules were last updated in 2009. The team with the worst record the previous year picks first, the next-worst team second, and so on. Teams that did not make the playoffs are ordered by their regular-season record with any remaining ties broken by strength of schedule. Playoff participants are sequenced after non-playoff teams, based on their round of elimination (wild card, division, conference, and Super Bowl). ^[5]

Before 1966, the American Football League (AFL) operated in direct competition with the NFL and held a separate draft. This led to a massive bidding war over top prospects between the two leagues. As part of the merger agreement on June 8, 1966, the two leagues would hold a multiple round "common draft". Once the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the "common draft" simply became the NFL Draft. ^{[2] [3] [6]}

Notably, this list does not include undrafted Tulane players that have played for the NFL (such as Rob Kelley or Cairo Santos).

Key

B	Back	K	Kicker	NT	Nose tackle
C	Center	LB	Linebacker	FB	Fullback
DB	Defensive back	P	Punter	HB	Halfback
DE	Defensive end	QB	Quarterback	WR	Wide receiver
DT	Defensive tackle	RB	Running back	G	Guard
E	End	T	Offensive tackle	TE	Tight end

Selections

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	Team	Position
1937	4	2	32	Bucky Bryan	Chicago Cardinals	B
1939	8	3	63	Bronco Brunner	Cleveland Rams	B
	20	10	190	Lyle Smith	New York Giants	G
1940	2	2	12	Ralph Wenzel	Pittsburgh Steelers	E
	3	8	23	Buddy Banker	Washington Redskins	B
	5	8	38	Bill Kirchem	Washington Redskins	T
	7	9	59	Millard White	Green Bay Packers	T
1941	6	8	48	Tommy O'Boyle	Chicago Bears	G
1942	5	3	33	Ernie Blandin	Philadelphia Eagles	T
	6	6	46	Harley McCollum	Washington Redskins	T
	6	8	48	Bob Glass	New York Giants	B
	12	7	107	Jim Thibaut	Brooklyn Dodgers	FB
1943	5	4	34	Marty Comer	Brooklyn Dodgers	DE
	10	10	90	Walt McDonald	Washington Redskins	B
	12	3	103	Lou Thomas	Brooklyn Dodgers	B
	25	10	240	Roman Bentz	Washington Redskins	G
1944	5	11	43	Larry Rice	Boston Yanks	C
1945	1	3	3	Joe Renfroe	Boston Yanks	B
	8	6	71	Art Porter	Washington Redskins	E
	17	7	171	O. J. Key	Detroit Lions	B
	23	7	237	Ray Olsen	Detroit Lions	B
1946	1	2	2	Dub Jones	Chicago Cardinals	B
	5	2	32	Gaston Bourgeois	Boston Yanks	B
	22	2	202	Ike Iglehart	Boston Yanks	B
1947	30	1	276	Howard McAfee	Detroit Lions	T
1948	28	9	264	Bennie Ellender	Philadelphia Eagles	B
1949	17	6	167	Dick Sheffield	Los Angeles Rams	E
1950	2	6	20	Eddie Price	New York Giants	FB
	3	2	29	Bill Svoboda	Chicago Cardinals	LB
	9	7	112	Max Druen	Pittsburgh Steelers	T
	15	9	192	Jimmy Glisson	Chicago Bears	B
	17	10	219	Cliff Van Meter	San Francisco 49ers	B
	23	2	289	Dick Sheffield	New York Bulldogs	E
1951	2	3	18	Don Joyce	Chicago Cardinals	DE
	3	12	38	Jerry Helluin	Cleveland Browns	DT
	4	8	48	George Kinek	Los Angeles Rams	E
	6	12	74	Dan Rogas	Cleveland Browns	G
	7	10	84	Paul Lea	Chicago Bears	DT
	9	5	104	Denny Doyle	Philadelphia Eagles	G
	15	1	172	Joe Ernst	Green Bay Packers	B
	17	7	202	Hal Waggoner	Philadelphia Eagles	B
	30	8	359	Joe Shinn	New York Yanks	E
1952	5	2	51	Dick Fugler	Chicago Cardinals	T
	10	2	111	Art Kleinschmidt	Green Bay Packers	G
	25	12	301	Len Teeuws	Los Angeles Rams	DT
1953	14	7	164	Roy Bailey	Philadelphia Eagles	B
	23	1	266	Mike Housepian	Baltimore Colts	G
	23	10	275	Ronnie Kent	Cleveland Browns	B
1954	5	2	54	Max McGee	Green Bay Packers	B
	13	11	156	George Cummins	Cleveland Browns	T
	28	4	329	Jim Partridge	New York Giants	B
1955	16	6	187	Charley Coates	Los Angeles Rams	T
	30	3	352	Bob Saia	Green Bay Packers	B
1956	6	3	64	Tony Sardisco	San Francisco 49ers	G
	27	1	314	Bryan Burnthorne	Detroit Lions	G
1957	3	4	29	Dalton Truax	Green Bay Packers	T
	21	7	248	Fred Wilcox	San Francisco 49ers	B
	22	2	255	Ronnie Quillian	Green Bay Packers	QB
	26	12	313	Emmett Zelenka	New York Giants	G
1958	21	8	249	Charlie Hansen	New York Giants	C
1959	2	9	21	Richie Petitbon	Chicago Bears	DB
	6	9	69	Dave Painter	Los Angeles Rams	C
	28	11	335	Pete Abadie	Cleveland Browns	E
	29	4	340	Don Lockwood	Washington Redskins	G
1960	N/A	N/A	N/A	Bernie Darre	Denver Broncos	G
	N/A	N/A	N/A	Pete Abadie	New York Titans	E
	15	4	172	Bernie Darre	Washington Redskins	G
1961	1	1	1	Tommy Mason	Minnesota Vikings	RB
	1	2	2	Tommy Mason	Boston Patriots	RB
	3	12	40	Phil Nugent	Green Bay Packers	DB
	4	14	56	Joe LeSage	Green Bay Packers	G
1962	6	7	77	Gus Gonzales	Philadelphia Eagles	G
	7	7	55	Gus Gonzales	Houston Oilers	G
	8	7	105	Ed Reynolds	Chicago Bears	T
	9	1	65	Phil Nugent	Denver Broncos	DB
	12	1	155	Terry Terrebonne	Washington Redskins	RB
	12	13	167	Larry Thompson	Philadelphia Eagles	C
	19	7	259	Bill Kellum	Chicago Bears	T
	26	4	204	Ed Reynolds	Buffalo Bills	T
1963	13	14	182	Bill Kellum	Green Bay Packers	T
	17	4	228	Gordon Rush	Philadelphia Eagles	B
1966	8	1	111	Bill Goss	Atlanta Falcons	LB
1967	5	4	111	Pete Johns	Houston Oilers	DB
1968	3	15	70	Bobby Duhon	New York Giants	RB
	11	21	294	Tom Nosewicz	Kansas City Chiefs	DE
1969	2	16	42	Warren Bankston	Pittsburgh Steelers	RB
1971	11	24	284	Mike Walker	Minnesota Vikings	DE
	13	20	332	David Abercrombie	Detroit Lions	RB
	14	14	352	Rick Kingrea	Cleveland Browns	LB
	15	2	366	Bart Graves	New Orleans Saints	T
1972	6	4	134	Joe Bullard	Houston Oilers	DB
	11	16	276	Bob Waldron	Detroit Lions	DT
	14	7	345	Steve Barrios	New Orleans Saints	WR
	15	9	372	Rusty Lachaussee	New Orleans Saints	QB
1973	10	2	236	Randy Lee	Minnesota Vikings	DB
	12	26	312	Mike Mullen	Miami Dolphins	LB
1974	10	8	242	Tommy Thibodeaux	New Orleans Saints	G
	13	8	320	Mike Truax	New Orleans Saints	LB
1975	4	21	99	Charlie Hall	New Orleans Saints	DE
	8	18	199	Steve Foley	Denver Broncos	DB
	8	23	204	John Washington	Los Angeles Rams	DB
1976	9	8	245	Jim Gueno	Green Bay Packers	LB
	12	6	325	Nathaniel Bell	New England Patriots	DT
	17	7	466	Darwin Willie	New York Jets	TE
1977	6	19	158	Mark Mitchell	Philadelphia Eagles	DB
1978	4	22	106	Eric Laakso	Miami Dolphins	T
1979	10	11	259	Ricky Smith	Oakland Raiders	DB
	12	12	315	Dewitt Methvin	Cleveland Browns	C
1980	7	1	166	Eddie Murray	Detroit Lions	K
	11	4	281	Alton Alexis	Cincinnati Bengals	WR
1981	10	3	251	Marty Wetzel	New York Jets	LB
	10	7	255	Nickie Hall	Green Bay Packers	QB
1982	3	27	82	Rodney Holman	Cincinnati Bengals	TE
	6	3	142	Marvin Lewis	New Orleans Saints	RB
	7	1	168	Jeff Roberts	New England Patriots	LB
1983	4	19	103	Lionel Washington	St. Louis Cardinals	DB
1984u	2	1	29	Don Maggs	Houston Oilers	T
	9	26	250	Jim Boyle	Miami Dolphins	T
1984	11	23	303	Elton Veals	Pittsburgh Steelers	RB
1985	11	27	307	Mike Jones	Miami Dolphins	RB
	12	12	320	Treg Songy	New Orleans Saints	DB
1986	6	5	143	Burnell Dent	Green Bay Packers	LB
1987	2	21	49	Eric Thomas	Cincinnati Bengals	DB
1988	7	17	182	Marc Zeno	Pittsburgh Steelers	WR
	11	17	294	Marvin Allen	New England Patriots	RB
1989	7	28	195	Terrence Jones	San Diego Chargers	QB
	11	26	305	Richard Harvey	Buffalo Bills	LB
1990	9	14	234	Mitchell Price	Cincinnati Bengals	DB
1991	6	21	160	Mike Riley	New York Jets	DB
1994	6	14	175	Ruffin Hamilton	Green Bay Packers	LB
1997	7	30	231	Jerald Sowell	Green Bay Packers	FB
1999	2	19	50	Shaun King	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	QB
2000	3	17	79	JaJuan Dawson	Cleveland Browns	WR
2001	5	7	138	Bernard Robertson	Chicago Bears	T
2002	1	32	32	Patrick Ramsey	Washington Redskins	QB
2004	1	22	22	J. P. Losman	Buffalo Bills	QB
	4	23	119	Mewelde Moore	Minnesota Vikings	RB
2005	4	35	136	Roydell Williams	Tennessee Titans	WR
2006	7	39	247	Anthony Cannon	Detroit Lions	LB
2008	2	13	44	Matt Forté	Chicago Bears	RB
2009	4	35	135	Troy Kropog	Tennessee Titans	T
2014	5	2	145	Ryan Grant	Washington Redskins	WR
2015	5	28	164	Lorenzo Doss	Denver Broncos	DB
	7	34	251	Taurean Nixon	Denver Broncos	DB
2017	6	5	189	Tanzel Smart	Los Angeles Rams	DT
2018	6	5	179	Parry Nickerson	New York Jets	DB
	6	43	218	Ade Aruna	Minnesota Vikings	DE
2019	7	7	221	Donnie Lewis	Cleveland Browns	DB
2020	5	27	173	Darnell Mooney	Chicago Bears	WR
	7	23	237	BoPete Keyes	Kansas City Chiefs	DB
2021	4	6	111	Cameron Sample	Cincinnati Bengals	DE
	7	6	234	Patrick Johnson	Philadelphia Eagles	DE
2023	3	18	81	Tyjae Spears	Tennessee Titans	RB
	3	28	91	Dorian Williams	Buffalo Bills	LB

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Notes

1. Because of the NFL–AFL merger agreement, the history of the AFL is officially recognized by the NFL and therefore this list includes the AFL draft (1960–1966) and the common draft (1967–1969). ^{[2] [3]}

Notable undrafted players

Note: No drafts held before 1920

Year	Player	Position	Debut Team	Notes
1957	Ed Khayat	DT	Washington Redskins	—
1971	Ray Hester	LB	New Orleans Saints	—
1975	Rusty Chambers	LB	New Orleans Saints	—
1979	Mark Olivari	LB	Pittsburgh Steelers	—
1981	Marcus Anderson	WR	Los Angeles Rams	—
	Chuck Pitcock	C	Philadelphia Eagles	—
	Joe Silipo	T	Kansas City Chiefs	—
1982	Nolan Franz	WR	Buffalo Bills	—
	Sylvester McGrew	DT	New York Giants	—
1983	Jerry Baker	DT	Denver Broncos	—
1986	James Campen	C	New Orleans Saints	—
	Joe Caravello	TE	Atlanta Falcons	—
	Ken Karcher	QB	Denver Broncos	—
	Ron Tilton	G	Washington Redskins	—
1987	Curt Baham	LB	Seattle Seahawks	—
	Jeff Wenzel	T	Philadelphia Eagles	—
1991	Lonnie Marts	LB	Kansas City Chiefs	—
1991	Darin Shoulders	T	Indianapolis Colts	—
1994	Michael Batiste	G	Dallas Cowboys	—
1996	Corey Dowden	DB	Green Bay Packers	—
1999	P. J. Franklin	WR	New Orleans Saints	—
	Cory Geason	TE	Pittsburgh Steelers	—
	Dennis O'Sullivan	LS	New York Jets	—
	Brad Palazzo	K	Green Bay Packers	—
2001	Tim Carter	DB	New Orleans Saints	—
2003	Seth Marler	K	Jacksonville Jaguars	—
	Jeff Sanchez	DB	Dallas Cowboys	—
2007	Lester Ricard	QB	Jacksonville Jaguars	—
2010	Andre' Anderson	RB	Buffalo Bills	—
2012	Dezman Moses	LB	Green Bay Packers	—
2013	Ryan Griffin	QB	New Orleans Saints	—
2014	Orleans Darkwa	RB	Miami Dolphins	—
	Cairo Santos	K	Kansas City Chiefs	—
2016	Robert Kelley	RB	Washington Redskins	—
2018	Dontrell Hilliard	RB	Cleveland Browns	—
2019	John Leglue	T	Denver Broncos	—
2022	Ryan Wright	P	Minnesota Vikings	—
2023	Duece Watts	WR	Green Bay Packers	—

References

1. "Tulane Drafted Players/Alumni". Sports Reference LLC. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
2. Cross, B. Duane (January 22, 2001). "The AFL: A Football Legacy". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on December 17, 2009. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
3. "NFL History by Decade: 1961–1970". NFL. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
4. "Draft History by School–Tulane". National Football League . Retrieved 2014-04-07.
5. Clayton, John (March 26, 2009). "Draft order to change for playoff teams". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2010.
6. "Time Changes for 2008 NFL Draft". NFL. 2008-04-22. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
7. DraftHistory.com

External links

• "Draft History by School–Tulane". National Football League.
• "NFL Players who attended Tulane University". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-07.
• "Tulane Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com.